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Course code: RSSS10049o12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Atmosphere protection technologies
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. inz. Janusz Łomotowski
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Students acquire information on emission sources affecting low and high on the composition and purity of the air. Learns methods of removing pollutants from flue gases and to determine the movement of pollutants in ambient air. Meets a knowledge of the changes affecting the self-cleaning air. Acquires knowledge of the inventory and determination of emissions of pollutants to the air.
Competences: Knowledge of techniques for removing contaminants from gases can increase student skills in the labor market. Knowledge of this field is essential in institutions related to investment planning and environmental protection.
Prerequisites: Environmental chemistry. Ecology.
Course content: Sources of pollution of air, flue gas cleaning methods, the impact of air pollution on agricultural production and economic losses, the law of clean air.
Recommended literature: Falkowska L., Korzeniewski K.: The chemistry of the atmosphere. (in polish). Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 1995. Konieczyński J.: Purification of waste gases.(in polish) Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej, Gliwice 1993. Praca zbiorowa: Exercises in chemistry and gas cleaning technology (in polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań 1994. R.J.Heinsohn, R.L.Kabel: Sources and control of air pollution. Prentice Hall, 1999. Namieśnik J., Łukasik J., Jamrógiewicz Z.: Collection of environmental samples for analysis. (in polish) Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1995. Collective work: Old landfill, Volume II. Sanitation and control. (in polish) Wyd. AR we Wrocławiu, Wrocław 2000. Website of the European Environment Agency: www.eea.eu.int Website U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; www.epa.gov
Assessment methods: Lecture, the resource of knowledge to pass 60%. Assessment exercises. Assessment test: a resource of knowledge to pass the 60%.
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